F-22s Intercept 2 Russian Bombers Off Alaska Coast
Two American fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers in worldwide airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday, media reported. The U.S. fighter jets did not get closer than 100 meters to the Russian bombers, the Russian military was quoted as saying.

Braun Wins Republican US Senate Primary
Trey Hollingsworth in the 9th District - have been absent from the districts and are clueless about what their constituents need. Before his 2012 election, the senator represented a House district that included Elkhart.

PUBG Brings Popular War Mode Back For A Limited Time
Because the moment-to-moment action of War Mode: Desert Knights is so unpredictable, there isn't a great formula for success. Keep your snipers on the outside and have your SMG squad members report the location of the best lineup.

Los Angeles Angels vs. Minnesota Twins
The Los Angeles Angels also hope to stay hot after winning seven of their last nine games. Tyler Skaggs gets the ball, and he is 3-2 with a 3.08 ERA and 39 strikeouts this season.

World of Warcraft computer attacker sentenced
The fine relates to compensation owed to Blizzard for the disruption to their services and the cost of combatting the attacks . Back in 2010, a Romanian World of Warcraft DDoS attacker called Calin Mateias caused WoW servers to crash.

Officer memorial and awards ceremony is Tuesday
It is "a hard job in a hard world, but we stand fast, ready to protect all of our communities", said detective Sgt. In 2018 to date, 53 police officers have been killed in the line of duty, including three from New York State.

Industry growth slips to five-month low
One reason for this was the gold jewellery segment, which contracted 66.5% in March as compared with the same month a year ago . While mining and electricity output grew faster in March 2018 from February 2017, manufacturing output growth slowed down.

Microsoft's Cortana can be Integrated with Alexa

Many people might have rejected the Harmon Kardon Invoke smart speaker just because it is powered by Cortana. Microsoft's Cortana remains absolutely anonymous in the space where players like Amazon and Google continue to play hardball with Alexa and Google Assistant, respectively.

Microsoft might be ready to rejoin the smart speaker wars with a new reference device made by partnering ODM Quanta. But one thing to remember is that Cortana is more intelligent than Siri but not as intelligent as Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa.

Despite having been in the virtual assistant business since 2014, both Amazon and Microsoft struggle for the same reason - not having their own native operating systems on which mobile devices run. The company will need to price the smart speaker according to their marketplace so that they can increase it.

There are a few other manufacturers that are linked with Microsoft and may release a Cortana-based speaker in the near future. The document of the deal doesn't specify that the company will use its own Cortana as a voice assistant but probably of Cortana for being used in these speakers are 99 percent. The big players like Amazon, Google, and even Apple has already got their share of the smart speaker segment.

At CES 2018, Qualcomm also revealed that its smart home technology also supports Cortana. The report also mentions that the smart speaker will be powered by the Snapdragon 212 SoC. And Apple has the HomePod. With the AI- assistant being deployed once again by Microsoft, it would be exciting to see what all new features can come along with the smart speaker and can it avoid winding up like Invoke. For the beginning, the company may launch two smart speakers, one with a considerable price tag and another one with a lower price tag so that they can enter the market of smart speakers rapidly.